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Tio

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Change the pointer size via xconf

Is there no way to do it via xconf? According to this https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/mouse it seems quite difficult. Interesting. There are xconf settings for pretty much anything but not for the mouse pointer. I wanted to change the pointer size via a script. If anyone has any idea how let me know.

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Last edited by Tio (2023-08-07 20:53:28)

mint4all

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Re: Change the pointer size via xconf

Is there no way to do it via xconf? According to this https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/mouse it seems quite difficult. Interesting. There are xconf settings for pretty much anything but not for the mouse pointer. I wanted to change the pointer size via a script. If anyone has any idea how let me know.
Cheers!
Forget about it I found it

Greetings!

Just in case someone else wants to know how to do it, the syntax for changing the pointer-size via xfconf-query is ...

xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/CursorThemeSize -s 44

To find out the existing value simply run...

xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/CursorThemeSize

So to change it, just replace my sample size of `44` with whatever size you'd like (if your cursor-theme supports that size, of course).

Cheers, m4a

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Tio

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Re: Change the pointer size via xconf

Very nice of you to provide the answer. I should have provided it. Next time I will do it! Thank you!